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Matthew 20:1-16

NRS 1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
NIV 1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
NRS 2
After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
NIV 2
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
NRS 3
When he went out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;
NIV 3
"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
NRS 4
and he said to them, "You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went.
NIV 4
He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
NRS 5
When he went out again about noon and about three o'clock, he did the same.
NIV 5
So they went. "He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
NRS 6
And about five o'clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, "Why are you standing here idle all day?'
NIV 6
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
NRS 7
They said to him, "Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, "You also go into the vineyard.'
NIV 7
" 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
NRS 8
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, "Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.'
NIV 8
"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
NRS 9
When those hired about five o'clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage.
NIV 9
"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
NRS 10
Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage.
NIV 10
So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
NRS 11
And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner,
NIV 11
When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
NRS 12
saying, "These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
NIV 12
'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'
NRS 13
But he replied to one of them, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
NIV 13
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
NRS 14
Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you.
NIV 14
Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.
NRS 15
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
NIV 15
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
NRS 16
So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
NIV 16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

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New International Version

Matthew 20:1-16

NIV 1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
NIV 2
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
NIV 3
"About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
NIV 4
He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
NIV 5
So they went. "He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
NIV 6
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
NIV 7
" 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
NIV 8
"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
NIV 9
"The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
NIV 10
So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
NIV 11
When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
NIV 12
'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'
NIV 13
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
NIV 14
Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.
NIV 15
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
NIV 16
"So the last will be first, and the first will be last."